Improvement in cider-mills



UNITED STATES f PATENT OEEIoE.

HUGH SELLS, OF `VIENNA, CANADA WEST.

IMPROVEMENT IN ClDER-MILLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 57,833, dated September 4, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be' it known that I, HUGH SELLs, of Vienna, Province of Canada West, have invented a new and Improved Cider-Mill; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being` had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of vthis specification, in which- Figure l is a vertical section of the mill, taken in the line a: x, Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a plan or top view of the saine; Fig. 8, a detached vertical section of the cutting and crushing apparatus, taken in the line y y, Fig. l; Fig. 4, a detached vertical section of the crushing apparatus, taken in the line z z, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to a new and improved cutting and crushing apparatus whereby the apples may be reduced in an expeditious and thorough manner.

The invention also relates to a new and improved construction of a receptacle to receive the crushed apples, and in which receptacle the juice is expressed from the latter.

A represents a frainin g, which may be constructed in 'any proper manner, to support the working parts; and B is a quadrilateral metal case, the sides of which are secured together by bolts a.

On the top of the case B there is fitted a hopper, C, and in the upper part ot' the case B there is placed transversely a cylinder, D, having plates secured to lits periphery, which are formed with projecting teeth b. Four of these plates may be attached to cylinder D, and the journals' of said cylinder Work in bearings c, cast with the sides of the boX.

Within the upper part of the case B there is placed an inclined plate, Fit, the lower or depressed end of which has a series of parallel knives or cutters, cl, projecting from it, and between the outer parts of which the teeth b of cylinder D work or pass. This revolving toothed cylinder, in connection with the stationary knives or cutters d, compose the cutting apparatus, the apples being forced down over or upon the knives or cutters d, and being thereby cut or reduced.

In the lower part of the case B there are placed transversely two cylinders, E E, which are iiuted longitudinally, and which gear into each other, as showirin Fig. 8. The fluted cylinders rotate in the direction indicated by the arrows 1, and the toothed cylinder D rotates in the direction indicated by arrow 2, the power being applied to the shaft of one of the cylinders E, and said shaft having a toothed wheel, e, upon -it at the outer side of oase B, which wheel gears into a corresponding wheehf, on the shaft of cylinder D.

The journals of the cylinders E E have their bearings g g cast with the sides of the case B, and each side of the case B, between the bearings g g of the shafts of the cylinders E E, are cast with shell projections h h, which leave passages or channels t' t' at the ends of the rollers for the free escape of the juice and fine portions of the crushed apples. (See Fig. 4.)

The cut apples fall between the cylinders E E and are crushed by their action, the juice freely escaping through the channels t' t' at the ends of the cylinders, while the crushed apples drop from between the cylinders, the juice and crushed apples falling into a receptacle, F, which is constructed as follows G G are two cast-iron rings, which are provided at their inner edges with dovetail notches j, (see Fig. 2,) and into these notches the ends of wooden slats 7c are driven, and the latter are encompassed centrally by a metallic hoop, H. Spaces of requisite width are allowed between the slats 7c, for the escape of the juice when the crushed apples are subjected to a requisite degree of pressure within the receptacle. This receptacle rests upon a platform, I, in the lower part of the framing, said platform being provided with grooves or channels l, to conduct the juice to the receptacle prepared to receive it.

By this invention and improvement the apples are crushed with great facility, and withV but a moderate expenditure of power. The

free 'escape of the juice and line portions of crushed apples from the cylinders E E greatly relieve thc cylinders E E, and render ehem tially as and for the purpose specied and de Very efficient in crushing, While the labor of scribed.

Said cylindersismaterially reduced by cutting `2. The dovetziil notched rings G, substa'n- 4 the apples before they reach the cylinders. tiolly as described, for the purposespecied.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pet- HUGH SELLS ent- Witnesses l. The projections h h, in combina/Dion with L. J. SUND'RY,

the case B, forming the passa-ges z', snbstzm- -ROB'L MGALLY. 

